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Stories by Janet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

Published:Sunday | November 30, 2025 | 12:11 AMJanet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU When Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica on October 28, flattening homes, schools, and entire communities, Pastor Mary Wildish’s church, Trumpet Call Ministries, became a beacon of hope. Located in the heavily hit city of...

Published:Sunday | November 30, 2025 | 12:10 AMJanet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa ripped the roof off Dumfries Primary and left children wandering aimlessly across Lima, St James, veteran teacher Elaine Morgan refused to let the storm steal their future. With schools shuttered, devices...

Published:Sunday | November 16, 2025 | 12:09 AMJanet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Shelleitha Curtis did not expect to cry that morning. She was packing care packages – adding rice, juices, diapers, disposable food containers, garbage bags, cooking oil, and other essentials – for team members shaken by Hurricane...

Published:Sunday | August 31, 2025 | 12:20 AMJanet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: OUTGOING BRITISH High Commissioner Judith Slater says the United Kingdom has played a pivotal role in Jamaica’s National Stadium redevelopment, with United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) offering to underwrite the project’s loan, a ‘...

Published:Thursday | September 3, 2020 | 10:33 AMJanet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

Fighting to take what seemingly could have been his last breath, 91-year-old Clifford Comrie of Falmouth Gardens in Trelawny struggled to cast his vote this morning at the Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall in Northern Trelawny. The elderly man, who...

Published:Sunday | September 22, 2019 | 12:00 AMJanet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) pulled out all the stops at its annual staff awards, which was also a celebration of the company’s 25th anniversary. Over 500 team members and specially invited guests attended the event, held at the historic...

Published:Thursday | May 16, 2019 | 12:00 AMJanet Silvera - Gleaner Writer

Montego Bay businesswoman Paula Kerr Jarrett, exchanged vows with New York business mogul Daniel Wegman, last weekend in the U.S. The ceremony was very intimate, as close family members gathered for the occasion. Paula's children Josh and Rebecca...

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